Fantastic Sale Of Heath Ledger Films

Three movies featuring Heath Ledger shot into Amazon.com’s top seller’s in past days, headed by his early comedy ‘10 Things I Hate About You’.

‘A Knight’s Tale’ and the critically acclaimed ‘Brokeback Mountain’ have also found renewed popularity from customers of the website.

Aside from Ledger’s past films, a Youtube clip featuring Ledger speaking about his upcoming role as the Joker in the new Batman film has received over a million hits in recent days.

As yet Warner Bros have announced no change to the release date of ‘The Dark Knight’, which is due to hit cinema screens on the 18 July.

Paul Dergarabedian, president of box office tracker Media By Numbers, says, “Certainly The Dark Knight is one of the most anticipated films of the year.

“I think Warners is just going to stay the course and keep marketing the film.”

Del Toro Wants To Direct Harry Potter 7

Since the third film, the Harry Potter movies have been good, but we’ve yet to see a great big screen translation of the tales of the boy wizard. That could potentially change if Warner Bros listens to Guillermo Del Toro’s statement that he’d like to direct the final chapter in the movie septology (or whatever the hell you call a seven parter).

In a recent interview, Del Toro told MTV, ““I’m definitely interested [in directing Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows], now that the movies have grown darker. They have a contrast between the gloomy existence of the kid and the world he’s exposed to. They have evolved into a really nice universe.”

Del Toro was once in the running to direct Prisoner of Azkaban, which went to Alfonso Cuaron. But he say he loves the final book. “I got it for my daughter and she was like ‘When are you going to give it to me?’” he stated. “I read it and I was very moved by the ending. It ends very much like a Dickens novel”. Continue Reading…